LONDON: Israeli forces shot and killed a 26-year-old Palestinian and injured four others during a raid on Sunday in the city of Nablus, located in the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed that Nayef Samaro, 26, was killed after sustaining critical gunshot wounds to the head, according to the Wafa news agency.
Around 40 individuals had breathing difficulties due to tear gas inhalation, with ten cases needing hospitalization, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society.
Israeli forces entered Nablus via the Deir Sharaf military checkpoint, raiding shops in Al-Ein refugee camp and on the commercial Sufian Street. Palestinian medics treated three individuals who were injured by live ammunition, including two children, and a fourth man who sustained a serious head injury, Wafa added.
Israeli forces conduct daily and nightly raids in the West Bank, citing security concerns, during which they arrest or search the properties of individuals allegedly involved in political or militant activism.
Over 40 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli soldiers or settlers in the occupied West Bank since January, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Approximately 3 million Palestinians have been living under military occupation since Israel took control of the West Bank in June 1967.
